Yixing day #2 10/16/09

Day 2 in Yixing. We started off the day by going to a part of the city where a lot of up and coming tea pot makers (20ish years experience) have their studios.  I was told that most of the masters (40ish years experience) have private studios, or work at home.  I love this idea of doing the same job for such a long time and getting so good at it (especially if you like the job).   For most of the morning we walked around this huge building of studios and peeked in, and hung to watch the making.   In the evening a few of us went roller skating at an outdoor concrete rink (let me emphasize the word concrete).  There were these little kids racing each other, it was so funny because they were really into and their parents where standing around cheering them on.  The little dude in the yellow helmet might look small, but his skating skills are mighty.